
News & Events
A collection of CGIAR featured news and upcoming events
Featured news
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Agricultural Research Unties the Gordian Knot
CGIAR04.01.21-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Agricultural research and innovation to transform our food system is the only way to cut…
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How Africa can Lead the World in the COVID-19 Recovery
CGIAR18.12.20-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
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Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Africa, compared to Asia, Europe and the US, has largely escaped the devastating death toll…
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Good Nutrition is Crucial for the Coronavirus Vaccine to Work Effectively
CGIAR26.11.20-
Nutrition
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Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
Vaccines are harder to deliver and potentially less effective at stimulating an immune response in…
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New Study: CGIAR Innovations Reach Nearly 80 Percent of Ethiopia’s Rural Households
CGIAR09.11.20An independent study published last month has documented the extensive reach of CGIAR-related agricu…
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How to ensure access to healthy diets for all: a clarion call for One CGIAR
CGIAR30.10.20-
Nutrition
Guest blog by Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) At …
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Are Food Systems ‘Broken’ – or Just Out of Sync?
CGIAR16.10.20Our food systems are not broken; they are out of sync with what we need…
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Upcoming events
Now until 22 Feb. 2021
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22.01.21
Climate Adaptation in Food Systems: Lessons from youth led science-based social movements
Online (YfCA platform) -
01.02.21 > 05.02.21
Solar Irrigation for Agricultural Resilience (SoLAR) - Webinar Week
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02.02.21 > 16.03.21
ADB Water Watch: Science and Innovation for a Water-Secure Future for All
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02.02.21
Virtual Event - Building back better: How can public food and agricultural research institutions be strengthened and rebuilt after the COVID-19 pandemic?
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04.02.21
Agricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World
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09.02.21
An evolving paradigm of agricultural mechanization development: How much can Africa learn from Asia?
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10.02.21
Resetting the Table: Straight talk about the food we grow and eat
Virtual
News from the Centers and Programs
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Fast-tracked adoption of second-generation resistant maize varieties key to managing maize lethal necrosis in Africa
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)19.01.21-
Genomics
Scientists are calling for accelerated adoption of new hybrid maize varieties with resistance to mai…
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Improving the prospects for breeding better bananas
CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB)18.01.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
Progressive heterobeltiosis for bunch weight in bred ‘Matooke’ banana hybrids (NARITAs), when gr…
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Gender equity in the food environment: Considerations for low- and middle-income countries
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)18.01.21-
Sustaining FOOD AVAILABILITY
To truly understand the role of gender and inequities in the food system, nutrition and…
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Digital nutrient management tool reduces emissions, improves crop yields and boosts farmers’ profits
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)15.01.21-
Climate
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Living within PLANETARY BOUNDARIES
An international team of scientists, led by the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CI…
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Developers unite around a common platform to liberate breeding data
CGIAR Excellence in Breeding Platform (EiB)14.01.21As public sector breeding has modernized, it has become a more data intensive enterprise. Numerous…
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Update on the CGIAR research response to COVID-19
CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH)14.01.21-
Securing PUBLIC HEALTH
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a global health crisis and massive disruptions to economies and…
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